First, the experience usually occurs when we confront tasks we have

a chance of completing.

Second, we must be able to concentrate on what we are doing.

Third and fourth, the concentration is usually possible because the

task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback.

Fifth, one acts with a deep but effortless involvement that removes
from awareness the worries and frustrations of everyday life.

Sixth, enjoyable experiences allow people to exercise a sense of

control over their actions.

Seventh, concern for the self disappears, yet paradoxically the sense
of self emerges stronger after the flow experience is over.

Finally, the sense of the duration of time is altered; hours pass by in

minutes, and minutes can stretch out to seem like hours”

Excerpt From
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi